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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Merritt Clark |
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Middletown, Vermont , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 11, 1803
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| Died | 00, 1898
(94 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | Joshua L.
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| Info | Merritt Clark was born in Middletown, Vermont on February 11, 1803, the son of Jonas and Betsy Stoddard Clark. An 1823 graduate of Middlebury College, he was at various times a Middletown merchant, postmaster of Middletown and Poultney, organizer and cashier for 40 years of the Poultney Bank, a member of the Vermont Board of Education, and a justice-of-the-peace for 44 years. He helped found the Rutland and Washington Railroad in 1847, and as its first president played a major role in bringing rail connections with Albany to Rutland County. A leading Vermont Democrat in the 1850s, Clark ran unsuccessfully for Congress (1850) and Governor (1854 and 1855). While a resident of Middletown he served in the Vermont House in 1832-33 and 1839; after moving to Poultney he was a member of the state House (1865-66), Senate (1863-64 and 1868-69), and 1870 Constitutional Convention. Merritt Clark died in 1898, at the age of 95.
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